id just like the public to know this stuff is killing people and its killing a lot of young people TONIGHT... WL-WT INVESTIGATES A DEADLY COMBINATION OF DRUGS. (MIKE/2 SHOT) JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT HEROIN WAS ABOUT AS BAD AS A DRUG CAN BE... NOW... IT'S BEING MIXED WITH FENTYNAL TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE DEADLY. NOW WE'RE GETTING A LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE.. FROM THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN... TO THE SUBURBS. BRIAN HAMRICK IS LEADING THE WAY... WITH THE WL-WT INVESTIGATION. FENTYNAL IS LIKE HEROIN BUT SUPERCHARGED.... ABOUT 100 TIMES STRONGER. OTHER SIMILAR DRUGS ARE DISPENSED IN MILLAGRAMS... FOR FENTANYL IT'S MICROGRAMS. WHAT IT'S BRINGING IS MEGA DEATH. FENTANYL -- IT'S HEROIN ON STEROIDS.. FAR STRONGER... FAR MORE DEADLY... (tom boehle/ father " its just a shame that these young people are dying.") TOM BOEHLE (BAILEY) KNOWS MORE THAN HE WISHES HE DID ABOUT FENTANYL... HIS 27 YEAR OLD SON TRAVIS TOOK HEROIN LACED WITH FENTANYL... TOM FOUND HIM UNCONSCIOUS AND CALLED 911. (tom boehle/ father "they worked on him for about 15-20 minutes and prondounce dhim dead.") TRAVIS LEFT BEHIND A DAUGHTER... ONE OF A GROWING NUMBER OF CHILDREN LOSING PARENTS. ACROSS THE NATION THERE ARE REPORTS OF 80 DEATHS IN RECENT WEEKS... IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY... THAT'S PITTSBURGH. 14 FATAL OVERDOSES SINCE NOVEMBER INCLUDED FENTANYL. IN BUTLER COUNTY-- THIS YEAR ALONE- BETWEEN 13 AND FIFTEEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED BY MIXING HEROIN AND FENTANYL. AND HERE IN HAMILTON COUNTY IT'S RACKING UP MORE DEATHS TOO. IN 2011... THERE WERE 0 FENTANYL RELATED DEATHS BY 2012 IT WAS 4 AND LAST YEAR IT WAS UP TO 7... ALREADY THIS YEAR AT LEAST ONE DEATH HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TO HAVE INVOLVED FENTANYL. (john burke/ commander,"we've seen it stroner in the last 3-6 months is when it seems like its gotten pretty hot and heavy.") JOHN BURKE IS COMMANDER WITH THE WARREN COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE. THEY'RE SEEING FENTANYL IN ABOUT HALF OF THE HEROIN THEY SEIZE. IT'S A TREND THAT TOM AND HIS GRAND DAUGHTER WANT TO STOP ... BEFORE IT AFFECTS ANYONE ELSE ... THE WAY IT HAS THEM. (tom boehle/ father "she'll go out on the porch and say good night to her daddy.") THE FENTANYL AND HEROIN MIX GOES BY DIFFERENT NAMES... LIKE "WHITE CHINA." IN COVINGINGTON ... EMERGENCY RESPONDERS SAY THEY'VE HEAR IT CALLED "DOG FOOD." TOMORROW MITCH MCCONNELL WILL TESTIFY ABOUT KENTUCKY'S HEROIN PROBLEM AT A SENATE CAUCUS. SHEREE... OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE... REINERATING THE GROWING CONCERN OVER HEROIN... RELEASING THIS STATEMENT JUST MOMENTS AGO... "AS SHERIFFS AND POLICE CHIEFS ACROSS OHIO HAVE TOLD ME, WE ARE NOT GOING TO ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM. GRASSROOTS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS VITAL. " THOSE TYPE OF EFFORTS... ARE ALSO HAPPENING IN KENTUCKY. TAYLOR MILL FIRE IS HOSTING A SEMINAR ABOUT THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC... TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7. AN EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE... WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING... AND THE PROBLEM.

A Mexican photojournalist who left the state he worked in because of threats was among five people found shot to death in a Mexico City apartment this weekend, officials and press freedom advocacy groups said.